Ransomware Damages Estimated to Reach $11.5 Billion Annually by 2019

Speakers

Kimberly Horn is the Global Focus Group Leader for Beazley Breach Response and Information Security Claims at Beazley. Ms. Horn has significant experience in data privacy and cyber security matters, including guiding insureds through immediate and comprehensive responses to data breaches and network intrusions. She also has extensive experience managing class action litigation and regulatory investigations arising out of privacy breaches. Ms. Horn has spoken at numerous national and regional forums on issues of privacy, computer security and insurance. Prior to joining Beazley in November 2010, Ms. Horn spent over eight years as a practicing attorney in New York City at a large international law firm and a national litigation boutique, specializing in complex commercial litigation. While in private practice, Ms. Horn handled litigation in state and federal courts as well as domestic arbitrations and mediations. Ms. Horn also provided litigation advice on trademark disputes, technology licensing disputes and lawsuits involving alleged misappropriation of trade secrets. Ms. Horn graduated from Fordham University School of Law, where she was an editor for the Fordham Urban Law Journal.

Dominic A. Paluzzi is co-­chair of McDonald Hopkins’ national Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group. He advises organizations on data privacy and cybersecurity risks on both a national and international basis, including proactive compliance, incident response strategies and management, and defense of regulatory enforcement actions and single-plaintiff and class action litigation. Dominic has counseled clients through over 1,000 data breaches and privacy incidents where he works closely with local, state and federal law enforcement, forensic investigators and third-party vendors to offer his clients efficient and effective breach response services in compliance with the numerous state, federal, international and industry-specific legal obligations. Dominic has significant experience defending organizations in third-party and regulatory enforcement actions arising out of a data breach. He also focuses his practice on proactively protecting clients’ personal, sensitive and confidential information and minimizing the risk of a data privacy incident. He has conducted more than 200 breach response workshops and training sessions for organizations and their risk management teams, and helps clients with the development of their written information security programs and incident response plans. In recognition of his efforts in this area, Dominic was named to Cybersecurity Docket’s inaugural Incident Response 30, a list of the “best and brightest” data breach response attorneys and compliance professionals in the industry. Dominic and his team were also named a finalist for Advisen’s 2017 Cyber Risk Awards for Cyber Law Firm of the Year and Advisen’s 2015 Cyber Risk Awards in the Cyber Risk Pre­-Breach Team of the Year category. Dominic earned a J.D./M.B.A., cum laude, from University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in 2007. He received a B.S.A., summa cum laude, from University of Detroit Mercy in 2004.

Edward R. “Ted” Brown is an associate with Wiley Rein LLP  where he represents insurers in coverage litigation before federal and state courts. He serves as coverage counsel for claims under general liability and various types of professional liability policies. Ted routinely advises insurers in connection with cyber insurance and other media and technology risks. He has counseled insurers on many complex claims involving first-party and third-party data security and privacy exposures, many of which involved cyber-related coverage disputes.  Education: J.D., summa cum laude, George Mason University School of Law; Mason Law Scholarship; Moot Court Board; M.B.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; B.S., magna cum laude, Auburn University; Sigma Lambda Chi Honor Society.